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further I must add that this is not the only sound coming
out of London in regards to UK Garage...I have to add
this just in case Alan Russell, Phil Asher, Basement
Jaxx or Joey Negro are reading this...Especially
Alan....Okay Alan...???
UK Underground Garage or Speed
Garage call it what you like or the even better the Sunday
Scene, had the Music media at its feet during
the end of 1997. It seemed as a sure bet that it swamp
all before it. However, like the Stock Exchange, your
shares can go up as well as down. No, I'm not saying the
Speed Garage has bit the bullet. Far from it, but the
way in which Speed Garage records where flying out the
specialist shops, we were witnessing the biggest musical
movement in England since Punk Rock and Lover
Rock (Reggae), Yes Speed Garage
was bigger than Jungle, before it!!!
However, thankful, yes thankful Speed
Garage remained still a "London Thing"
This has allowed it evolve relativity unscathed from the
"Majors" who are waiting in the wings for the
next big star from music to emerge. But because of the
fast development of the music. They dare not enter the
fray.
Don't get me wrong the melodic sounding
records of the nature of "Sincere"(M.J.Cole)
rocked both sides of the Atlantic just to prove how potent
this sound had become. However, that single only still
made minor in roads in the UK national charts. Also Dem
2 who are being geared as the next Kings to the
Speed Garage throne released "Destiny"
earlier this year which had records shops within the capital
unable to compete with demand when it was first released.
The main development of Speed
Garage into 2-Step Garage seems to be the closing
of the closing of the musical gap between Soul
and Garage music in London, which became even
more intense when the music of "Speed Garage"
entered the dance music dictionary within 1997. Us House
and Garage, in my opinion has no such worries as it was
geared towards this vibe in the first place. However,
its our Soul music breathrens that should hold their heads
in shame as in their opinions they still maintain that
"Garage" in all its formats
still isn't the real deal...Our Soul brothers still retain
the feeling that Garage in its rawest form still favours
a poor mans version of Disco!...Its too
rooted in Disco to be taken seriously!!
I feel that our Soul breathrens should sometimes get off
their high horses. Some of the Usa Garage tunes that is
out there is more Soulful than their versions of Soul
music!!!
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